diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-conversion-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-conversion-2/pom.xml
index 079df86a72..13849bc563 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-conversion-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-conversion-2/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>core-java-datetime-conversion-2</artifactId>
-    <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
     <name>core-java-datetime-conversion-2</name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-conversion/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-conversion/pom.xml
index 17b5ff62ab..52ad29db5c 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-conversion/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-conversion/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>core-java-datetime-conversion</artifactId>
-    <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
     <name>core-java-datetime-conversion</name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-serialization/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-serialization/pom.xml
index aecc66060d..5989dbf870 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-serialization/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-serialization/pom.xml
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
             <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.core.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/jackson-modules/jackson-jr/pom.xml b/jackson-modules/jackson-jr/pom.xml
index 7f806f0d89..868c3ee17f 100644
--- a/jackson-modules/jackson-jr/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-modules/jackson-jr/pom.xml
@@ -18,18 +18,17 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-jr-all</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.2</version>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-jr-annotation-support</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.2</version>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-            <version>RELEASE</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
+            <version>${lombok.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
@@ -44,4 +43,8 @@
         </resources>
     </build>
 
+    <properties>
+        <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/json-modules/json-2/pom.xml b/json-modules/json-2/pom.xml
index b9a75e8aff..2449d0ad62 100644
--- a/json-modules/json-2/pom.xml
+++ b/json-modules/json-2/pom.xml
@@ -112,12 +112,6 @@
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
             <version>2.11.0</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-            <version>RELEASE</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>